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"Bebop Fairy Tales is ... full of ... true-to-life stories immersed in the jazz ethic, dressed in the peculiar garments of racial nuances in America and reflections on that most uniquely American pastime baseball, all pointing to the unique impact of jazz on this country's landscape ... Broadly, the stories confront illicit topics of interracial sex, misappropriation, marrying outside of your race, religious bigotry, and coming out. We get a glimpse...
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Desert Rose details Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a profound devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education, as well as her later role as her husband's most trusted confidant and advisor.
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"Everyone knows that Barack Obama is the first African-American president. But, did you know that he doesn't like ice cream, or that his favorite game is Scrabble or that he flew kites competitively when he was a kid in Indonesia? President Obama's journey to the White House is fascinating and filled with many interesting twists and turns. This program follows the events, people and places who shaped and impacted President Obama's life from a young...
15830) The Tuskegee Airmen: the history and legacy of America's first black fighter pilots in World War II
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15833) El regalo de mi abuela
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This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book, Grandma's Records, is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination,...
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The story of Emmett Till is a riveting notorious murder case that gave birth to the modern day civil rights movement, a story that continues to generate enormous interest from the general public and the media at large. A dynamic and explosive story of courage, determination and faith, which gave rise to several aware winning documentaries, and honorable mentions in several major motion pictures and television mini-series such as the mini-series King...
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